From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@gmail.com>
Cc: ecryptfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Full lockup when compiling kernel with "optimal" number of threads
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:09:47 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E8982E3.9080809@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG1a4rvdYnOSWu3DJ+DL+Q_bfsfTv_px20vP06fBKRm6B8cwMw@mail.gmail.com>
On 09/03/2011 09:04 AM, Pavel Ivanov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can reliably reproduce a complete machine lockup when compiling
> kernel sources with "make -j". After making some progress machine
> stops responding to anything (including CapsLock/NumLock switching or
> mouse moving) and after hard reboot nothing is left in kern.log or
> syslog. Only attaching a serial console gives me the following clues
> to what happens:
>
By the way "optimal" is supposed to be make -j <nr_cpus*2> isn't it?
IIRC, "maximal" refers to make -j
--
Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Linux Technology Center,
IBM India Systems and Technology Lab
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-03 9:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-03 3:34 Full lockup when compiling kernel with "optimal" number of threads Pavel Ivanov
2011-09-30 4:10 ` Pavel Ivanov
2011-10-03 9:38 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2011-10-05 21:51 ` Pavel Ivanov
2011-10-03 9:39 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat [this message]
2011-10-05 21:43 ` Pavel Ivanov
2011-10-06 6:52 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
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